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Few days after the 127th birth anniversary of Dalit icon and father of the Indian Constitution Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar, another of his statue was found damaged at a village in Ballia of Uttar Pradesh. According to the Inspector of Rasra Police Station, Jagdish Chandra Yadav, The incident took place at around 2.00 am. One of …

Reacting to the controversy over including ‘Ramji’ in Dr. B.R Ambedar’s name, UP Governor Ram Naik on Tuesday asserted that ‘Ram’ was part of the full name of the Indian Constitution’s key architect and that is how he used to sign in the constituent assembly. “Some people have the speciality of raking up controversies in …

Deputy Chief Minister Dr Dinesh Sharma on Thursday said that the BJP gave top honour to backwards and Dalits and a “distressed” opposition’s move to “provoke” Dalits against his party would not be successful. Sharma made the assertion in an interview to the PTI in the wake of country-wide violent protests on Monday against the …

The Uttar Pradesh government is committed to Ram Rajya, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath declared on Friday while inaugurating 20 projects worth Rs 1,800 crore here. Defining “Ram Rajya”, he said it amounted to providing homes for the homeless, electricity to to the poor, ration card to those below poverty line and security to everyone. Before …

Uttar Pradesh Finance Minister Rajesh Agarwal presented the Budget for the country’s most populous state in the Vidhan Sabha at Lucknow on Friday, 16 February. The Budget, amounting to a total of Rs 4,28,384 crore (11 per cent more than that of 2017) appeared to be in line with the Centre’s focus on improving the …

The Uttar Pradesh government on Friday once again issued instructions to all government offices to put up a picture of Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar. The government offices told to put up Ambedkar’s picture include the Legislative Assembly, Legislative Council, state secretariat, public sector institutions, municipal corporations/councils and educational institutions. A state government spokesman said that …

The Taj Mahal may have been dropped from the Uttar Pradesh government’s tourism paraphernalia, but the Agra monument is one of the state’s top USPs, when it comes to pitching for a film shooting destination to filmmakers at the IFFI. According to Awanish Awasthi, Chairperson of ‘Film Bandhu’, the state’s film promotion body, both Mughal …

Two alleged sharpshooters, who the police said was on the way to execute their next target have been arrested here. Ravi Kumar and Ankur, involved in several murder cases, were arrested when they were identified as a police checkpoint on Tuesday, police said. Two pistols have also been recovered from their possession in the New …

The Uttar Pradesh government on Sunday sought to allay fears that introduction of NCERT books in madrassas in the state will disturb the course structure of the Islamic educational institutions. At the same time, the government maintained that “dakiyanusi” (conservative) education system cannot ensure “progress of an individual, a state or the country”. “The Uttar …

More than a dozen students were injured in a late-night brawl at the Kannauj Medical College in Uttar Pradesh, police said on Tuesday. The fight broke out between two groups of students — seniors and juniors — over ragging. The two sides first engaged in altercations during dinner at the hostel mess but were pacified. …

Union Minister of State for Tourism K J Alphons has written to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath regarding the attack on two Swiss citizens at Fatehpur Sikri. Quentin Jeremy Clerc (24) and his girlfriend Marie Droz (24), who came to India on September 30, were allegedly attacked by a group of men near the …

The police has booked the owner and management of a sugar mill here which emitted noxious fumes yesterday, causing scores of school children to fall ill. A biogas plant at the mill, from where the gas had originated, was also sealed by pollution department officials. Scores of school children had complained of breathing problems, nausea …

To give more teeth to the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) in dealing with any possible terror attack or any other kind of eventuality, a Special Police Operations Team (SPOT) has been constituted. The team will help in expediting cases and investigation, besides assisting in cyber monitoring of people involved in terror activities. It will …

Students at the Mahatama Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University in Bareilly staged a protest on Wednesday following an incident of eve teasing on the campus. The protesting students said a girl was harassed by some male students two days back, but despite complaints, not much had happened to track and book the guilty students. The sit-in …

The over 100 students of a school in Uttar Pradesh who were admitted to different hospitals following gas leakage from a nearby sugar mill have been discharged, an official said on Wednesday. Noxious gas from the Upper Doab Sugar Mill following spraying of a chemical on the waste there caused nausea, itching and teary eyes …

The Taj Mahal is an architectural marvel, a wonder of the world and, for the Samajwadi Party, also a much visited monument that generates employment for a large number of people, says party president Akhilesh Yadav. Yadav visited the Taj Mahal with his wife and children to see the white marble mausoleum on the full …